Life is truly amazing. Here I am, back at my blog. After weeks of intermittent writing about steel pan, we are beginning to make some headway on the association. I think I mentioned previously that we have a board of five people. We have had several meetings and I get the sense they are eager to move forward.
I had a recent phone conversation with another non-profit founder. She told me about their journey to viability and what to look for as our organization gets going. The conversation was enlightening and I enjoyed it immensely. She even took the time to write up her answers. I shared those with the other board members.
A couple of areas she mentioned was expanding our board to 8 to 12 members, forming that advisory board of five people and getting that 501(c)(3). Now, I need to set up another meeting and get each of those items worked on. The larger number on the board will give us the freedom to break into committees. We also need to come up with some sort of fundraiser in addition to the steel pan festival.
I shared with her our ideas for the organization and she was pretty excited about it. So, we continue to move forward.
On a personal note, got some personal instruction on steel pan playing from one of our board members. It was extremely helpful as I grow into an accomplished player. I know the more I practice the closer I will get to achieving that goal.
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